Mosquito control, some perspectives for developing countries : a report of an ad hoc panel

The panel decided that many approaches to mosquito control other than those in widespread use today are worth considering for future use, and are needed in both developed and developing countries. The growing uncertainty about the overall effects of chemical pesticides and the emerging concept of pest-management technology-combining source reduction, integrated controls, and quantitative analyses of costs and benefits -- are current preoccupations that made the study timely. The panel identified almost fifty topics in biological, chemical, or environmental control of mosquitoes that are not receiving the research attention they warrent. From this master list, the panel chose nine topics that were promising for use in developing countries (though, in general, they are important for developed countries, too). Each topic was evaluated and written up by an individual panelist; each paper was referred by the other panelists, discussed at subsequent meetings, and modified according to the will of the panel as a whole. This document, therefore, represents a consensus of the panel.